If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special.

My sunglasses are like my guitar.

We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.

Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed. It leads to each other. We become ourselves.

Life isn't some vertical or horizontal line -- you have your own interior world, and it's not neat.

I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and work with side by side.

Swift is the arrow, dark is the thorn, the slate is clean, the future awaits, awake.

Make your interactions with people transformational, not just transactional.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.

At the end the day because I believe so strongly in leadership, what I look for first, what I try to assess, is integrity.

There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations

every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.

I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting.

When I'm playing guitar, I just try and put those words into lyrics and just try a few things. It's all over the place.

More love, more power, more of You in my life. I will worship You with all of my heart, I will worship You with all of my mind, I will worship You with all of my strength, for You are my Lord.

I'm just happy that 'Idol' producers gave me a shot on the show and to be able to show who I really was, because I feel like I'm every single woman.

People are not born bastards. They have to work at it.

Some people make sharp distinctions sort of between their recreational musings and their professional work. I don't make that distinction very much